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two thousand calories in a single meal
from the new york times today, photos and descriptions of what two thousand calories looks like... my favorite is the 2090 calorie shake from sonic. you read that right... a whole day's worth of calories in a single cup. comparing the chain restaurant stuff to homemade meals is pretty strong support for the idea that the…
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starting strength coach?
I am getting ready to start the next phase of my return-to-fit program: lifting. I'd like to use train using the Starting Strength principles and definitely need help with form (it has been at least twelve years since I did any weight training and my form wasn't terrific then) but I am having trouble finding a form coach…
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Turning on the BS Detector
/begin rant I was in a small gym today and overheard a "personal trainer" telling a client that he should be eating no more than 1500 cal a day, 250 cal at a time, to "maintain his weight" while working out six days a week for forty-five minutes. This guidance was given in the middle of a "circuit workout" that the trainer…
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If you are thinking about doing a "Cleanse"
From Thinner This Year by Crowley and Sacheck:
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why checking the numbers matters
When I started rebuilding my diet and made exercise an everyday thing again, I weighed 225lbs. My basal metabolic rate (calculated) was about 2110 Kcal per day. Fast forward to today, about seven months later. I weigh 189lbs. My calculated BMR is now about 1880 Kcal per day. Which means I need 230 Kcal less each and every…
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even the nyt gets it: snake oil
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/opinion/bruni-diet-lures-and-diet-lies.html?hp&rref=opinion and, as you can imagine, the comment section is full of people defending supplements, packaged diets and all the other snake oil that lets people imagine that they can find a loophole to instant weight loss and good health.
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any suunto quest users figured out..
how to use it effectively? and how to work with the movescount website? i am having a helluva time figuring out how to do simple stuff on it like track a simple cardio workout. i want to like this watch (i love and still wear an ancient advizor) but i am having a hard time doing so. would also be nice to connect with…
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macros and high calorie diets
I understand how to manage macronutrients with a modest calorie deficit target. Usually, meeting my numbers while I am eating back exercise calories is not too difficult. My usual exercise calorie target is 300 to 350 calories a day and my MFP daily calorie target is about 1700. But what happens when I am doing endurance…
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calorie burn bump with altitude?
I use a HRM to track my calorie output during cardio. I live at sea level. When I stay at a higher altitude (in my case, 8000ft) and exercise, my monitor says my heart is working harder and, therefore, I am burning more calories than I do at sea level (all other things being equal). This makes sense (at least until I am…
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The Portland Winter Workout Blues
...I definitely get them and I know I get through them though sometimes I need a little help from my friends. Re-booting and upgrading how I eat and exercise and hoping to meet people here that are in it for the long haul.
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slow and steady wins the race
In my case, this is certainly true. Today I logged thirty days on MFP. Here's a brief timeline of my fitness and weight gains so far: 11.19 - open heart surgery: new valve and aortic aneurysm repair. weight: 227lbs. fitness: day after surgery, a ten minute walk that covered about two hundred feet. 11.28 - flew home,…
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IIFYM vs. MFP TDEE: am i missing something?
When I first saw the numbers that MFP suggested for me for a 1.5 pound/week weight loss target, they seemed low: 1770 input and 300 exercise calories a day, which I think adds up to a TDEE of 2070, right? But the input number seemed especially odd; BMR for a guy my age is usually about 1800 and, I would guess a TDEE of…
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re-tooling
Nice to meet you all. I was looking for some logging tools and very happy to find MFP. I am re-tooling how I eat and exercise after a fifteen month hiatus that started with getting t-boned on my motorcycle and ended with sepsis and open heart surgery. I have to say that the combination of illness, injury and surgery didn't…
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new to mfp
...but not to working out. definitely rebooting my diet and exercise programs, one upgrade, one day at a time. Looking for friends what they need to do and are focused on getting it done, even during Portland's long, wet winters...
